EU - Maternity & Paternity Leave in the European Union - Up for Vote - Country Variables
Извор: WUNRN - 03.04.2019
Written by Ulla Jurviste, Martina Prpic and Giulio Sabbati,- Updated in March 2019
In 2019, the EU institutions are set to approve new work-life balance legislation, which will introduce minimum standards for paid paternity leave across the EU. The maternity rights set out in the 1992 Pregnant Workers Directive will be maintained. This directive sets the minimum period for maternity leave at 14 weeks, with 2 weeks’ compulsory leave before and/or after confinement and an adequate allowance subject to national legislation.
Social Protection Programs & Cash Transfers Need Attention To ADOLESCENTS & To Include GENDER Norms
Извор: WUNRN – 02.04.2019
Direct Link to Full 4-Page Publication
ODI-Gage & Via SVRI – Sexual Violence Research Initiative
Informal Work & Social Function of the City - Framework for Legal Reform - Gender
Извор: WUNRN – 02.04.2019
Breaking Down Barriers to Women's Economic Empowerment - OECDBreaking Down Barriers to Women's Economic Empowerment - OECD
Извор: WUNRN – 02.04.2019
The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.
Council of Europe Adopts First-Ever International Legal Instrument To Stop Sexism
Извор: WUNRN – 29.03.2019
Recommendation CM/Rec(2019)1 of the Committee of Ministers to member States
on preventing and combating sexism[1]
Council of Europe Document: https://search.coe.int/cm/pages/result_details.aspx?objectid=090000168093b26a
States should step up their fight against sexism in all walks of life, according to a Recommendation just adopted by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers.
Children, Migration, & Sexual & Gender-Based Violence: Alone & Unsafe
Извор: WUNRN – 25.03.2019
International Federation of the Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies
Via SVRI – Sexual Violence Research Initiative
A Quantum Leap for Gender Equality - For a Better Future of Work for All - ILO Report
Извор: WUNRN – 20.03.2019
Direct Link to Full 9-Page ILO 2019 Report Executive Summary
https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_674816
Work-Related Gender Gaps Persist But Solutions Are Clear –ILO Report
Work-related gender gaps have not seen any meaningful improvement for 20 years, but a new ILO report says that the path to progress is clear.
Can Public-Private Partnerships Deliver Gender Equality?
Извор: WUNRN – 19.03.2019
Drug Policies - Importance of Addressing Special Issues of Women
Извор: WUNRN – 16.03.2019
WOMEN’S RIGHTS MUST BE CENTRAL IN DRUG POLICIES: UN EXPERTS
GENEVA (13 March 2019) – States around the world must address the specific concerns of women in drug policies, say UN human rights experts. The call by the UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice came ahead of a high-level meeting on 14-15 March 2019 of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs:
“States must urgently take concrete measures to meet their commitments to ensuring women’s rights in drug policies and programmes. This cannot happen if issues and concerns that are specific to women remain invisible and neglected.”
In keeping with the Sustainable Development Goals, in which gender equality is a stand-alone goal as well as being incorporated in all other goals and targets, tackling the impact of drug policies on women deserves proper attention and visibility.
Political Power of Women Suffering "Serious Regression:" UN General Assembly President Warns
Извор: WUNRN – 15.03.2019
UN Photo/Evan Schneider
A high-level event on “Women in Power” was held in the General Assembly hall as part of the 63rd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), 12 March 2019.
12 March 2019 - There has been a “serious regression” in the political power of women across the world in recent years, UN General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa told delegates to the annual summit of women activists at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
The former Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs who leads the 193-member world body, pointed out that in 2105 it would have taken 30 years to close the gender gap, but now, she told the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), if current trends continue, gender parity will not be reached for “107 years”.
EU - Intersecting Inequalities - Gender Equality Index 2019
Извор: WUNRN – 10.03.2019
The Gender Equality Index incorporates six core domains – work, money, knowledge, power, time and health – with two additional domains of violence and intersecting inequalities. The core domains measure gender gaps in different areas of life and form the basis of the calculation of scores for Member States, while the domain of intersecting inequalities adds further detailed understanding to gender inequality by acknowledging the diversity among women and men.
https://eige.europa.eu/publications/intersecting-inequalities-gender-equality-index